Read the following passage and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each for the question
Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently experienced, the child may have to go back and capture the experience of it. A good home makes this possible - for example, by providing the opportunity for the child to play with a clockwork car or toy railway train up to any age if he still needs to do so. This principle, in fact, underlies all psychological treatment of children in difficulties with their development, and is the basic of work in child clinics.
The beginnings of discipline are in the nursery. Even the youngest baby is taught by gradual stages to wait for food, to sleep and wake at regular intervals and so on. If the child feels the world around him is a warm and friendly one, he slowly accepts its rhythm and accustoms himself to conforming to its demands. Learning to wait for things, particularly for food, is a very important element in upbringing, and is achieved successfully only if too great demands are not made before the child can understand them. Every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill: the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural zest for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Learning together is a fruitful source of relationship between children and parents. By playing together, parents learn more about their children and children learn more from their parents. Toys and games which both parents and children can share are an important means of achieving this co-operation. Building-block toys, jigsaw puzzles and crosswords are good examples.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness or indulgence towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters; others are severe over times of coming home at night, punctuality for meals or personal cleanliness. In general, the controls imposed represent the needs of the parents and the values of the community as much as the child's own happiness and well-being.
With regard to the development of moral standards in the growing child, consistency is very important in parental teaching. To forbid a thing one day and excuse it the next is no foundation for morality. Also, parents should realize that "Example is better than precept". If they are hypocritical and do not practice what they preach, their children may grow confused and emotionally insecure when they grow old enough to think for themselves, and realize they have been, to some extent, deceived. A sudden awareness of a marked difference between their parents' ethics and their morals can be a dangerous disillusion
The encouragement of children to achieve new skills_________
A. should be focused on only at school
B. can never be taken too far
C. will always assist their development
D. should be balanced and moderate
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Đáp án là D
Sự khuyến khích trẻ đạt được những kỹ năng mới
A. nên được tập trung chỉ ở trường
B. có thể không bao giờ bị mang đi quá xa
C. sẽ luôn luôn hỗ trợ sự phát triển của chúng
D. nên được cân bằng và dung hòa
Dẫn chứng: It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of anxiety in the child
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions
Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It's in the Himalayas
From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence
It seems our application has been refused _______
From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence
I don’t think it's fair to _______a comparison between the two sisters
Read the following passage and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each for the questions.
Puerto Rico, a Caribbean island rich in history and remarkable natural beauty, has a cuisine all its own. Immigration to the island has helped to shape its cuisine, with people from all over the world making various contributions to it. However, before the arrival of these immigrants, the island of Puerto Rico was already known as Borikén and was inhabited by the Taíno people. Taíno cuisine included such foods as rodents with sweet chili peppers, fresh shellfish, yams, and fish fried in corn oil.
(1) Many aspects of Taíno cuisine continue today in Puerto Rican cooking, but it has been heavily influenced by the Spanish, who invaded Puerto Rico in 1508, and Africans, who were initially brought to Puerto Rico to work as slaves. (2)Taíno cooking styles were mixed with ideas brought by the Spanish and Africans to create new dishes. (3) Africans also added to the island’s food culture by introducing powerful, contrasting tastes in dishes like piñon–plantains layered in ground beef. In fact, much of the food Puerto Rico is now famous for—plantains, coffee, sugarcane, coconuts, and oranges—was actually imported by foreigners to the island. (4)
A common assumption many people make about Puerto Rican food is that it is very spicy. It’s true that chili peppers are popular; ajícaballero in particular is a very hot chili pepper that Puerto Ricans enjoy. However, milder tastes are popular too, such as sofrito. The 25 base of many Puerto Rican dishes, sofrito is a sauce made from chopped onions, garlic, green bell peppers, sweet chili peppers, oregano, cilantro, and a handful of other spices. It is fried in oil and then added to other dishes.
(Adapted from: Reaing Explorer 2, by Paul MacIntyre, 2009, Heinle, Cengage Learning)
The word "cuisine" in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _________
From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence
The children can get to school ten minutes earlier if they take a short_______ through the park
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions
Video cameras attached to sea turtles and sharks reveal an underwater world hidden to humans
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges
Annie: ‘Do you prefer traveling by plane or by train? Peter: '_______'
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges
Tom: "What would you like to do at the weekend?" Lisa: “_______”
From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence
There was a sudden _______and we ran for cover
From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence
A product, _______, will be highly desired by many, as customers are misguided to ignore the products’ downsides
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence in each of the following questions
This medicine will relieve the pain, but it will not cure everything
From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence
I think you need a holiday to_______your batterie
From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence
The offer of a place at university is not to be _______ at
From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence
I've asked Mike_______not to leave his car in front of my gates, but he always forgets
From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D), choose the one that best completes the sentence
What would be the _______qualification in your own country ?
